Legal Question in Real Estate Law in Virginia

Can a movie theater search your bag/purse without a search warrant or the like?


Asked on 6/03/10, 7:07 am

1 Answer from Attorneys

Michael Hendrickson Law Office Michael E. Hendrickson

Movie theaters are private entities and unlike govermental units are not subject

to the requirements that apply to the latter in regard to search warrants.

In other words, such private organizations can require whatever search rules

of patrons that they want and if you don't like it, your alternative

is to patronize another movie house without such search rules.

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Answered on 6/03/10, 10:21 am


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